Author: Heather Vandenengel

November 4, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel
Writers for All About Beer Magazine and AllAboutBeer.com claimed four awards in September, when the North American Guild of Beer Writers (NAGBW) announced the winners of its third annual competition for writers, bloggers, broadcasters and authors at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver. Winning writers for All About Beer Magazine include Jeff Cioletti (gold in the Best Food... View Article

November 1, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel
Limagrain Cereal Seeds is developing a new variety of malting barley especially for all-malt brewing. The international agricultural cooperative developed a high-yielding irrigated barley variety in Europe that has performed well in trials held in Idaho, Washington and Colorado. The variety, called LCS Genie, was selected from more than 70 varieties of European barley for... View Article

November 1, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel
The Arctic town of Longyearbyen, the world’s most northern town with year-round residents, is getting its own neighborhood brewery, and when Svalbard Bryggeri on Norway’s Spitsbergen Island opens it will earn the title of the Arctic Circle’s first brewery. Robert Johansen, longtime beer enthusiast and seaplane pilot, is behind the brewery, where he will brew... View Article

November 1, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel
Two Colorado breweries, Left Hand Brewing Co. in Longmont and Odell Brewing Co. in Fort Collins, have established employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). Left Hand launched a program in June after finalizing the repurchase of common shares from current stockholders. Odell co-founders Doug, Wynne and Corkie Odell sold a majority stock interest to three senior... View Article

November 1, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel
Last April Fool’s Day, Pizza Hut released a YouTube video debuting its “Pepperoni Pilsner,” brewed with real pepperoni and tomatoes. The joke proved to be inspiration for two Texas breweries, Four Corners Brewing Co. and Intrinsic Brewing, which collaborated on a Pizza Party Beer. The one-barrel batch was brewed “with bready malts, infused with fresh... View Article

November 1, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel
Beer tourism is on the rise, and along with it is the rise of the beer-themed hotel and the brewery inn. From brewpub bed and breakfasts, like The Woodstock Inn & Resort and Moat Mountain Smoke House & Brewing Co. in New Hampshire, to beer-themed Airbnbs, where guests can sleep in a converted beer barrel... View Article

November 1, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel
EVENTS Nov. 1–7 Portland Beer Week Portland, Maine The East Coast Portland has become a Beervana in its own right, with world-class beer bars, a host of new and adventurous breweries and well-established breweries like Allagash keeping it creative. Celebrate the state by following the #207BeerWeek hashtag on Twitter to discover a weeklong series of... View Article

September 30, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel
Events Oct. 2-3 Beau’s Oktoberfest Vankleek Hill, Ontario This two-day Oktoberfest celebration and fundraising event features five new Beau’s beers special for the festival, plus Bavarian and seasonally inspired cuisine from 25 restaurants. Games, competitions and all-ages entertainment take place during the day, and Canadian indie music groups are featured nightly. beausoktoberfest.ca @beausallnatural Oct. 3-4... View Article

September 1, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel
Millennials are a sought-after demographic for breweries, and the good news, according to a new survey by ticketing and event company Eventbrite, is that beer festivals are driving millennial drinkers to their brands. The company surveyed more than 5,000 millennial attendees of food, wine or beer festivals ticketed on the platform during 2014 and found... View Article